Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Steyne Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in about 1893 at Steyne, Isle of Wight, home of Sir John Thornycroft. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912. Fruits have soft, tender, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Steyne Seedling (accession 1933 - 005), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.
